Francisco Jose Garcia Diaz, Laura Beth Martin, Ana Lucia Gomez Gila, Constanza Navarro Moreno
{"title":"Intensive Calcium Monitoring Following Parathyroidectomy: Prevention of Hungry Bone Syndrome in Children.","authors":"Francisco Jose Garcia Diaz, Laura Beth Martin, Ana Lucia Gomez Gila, Constanza Navarro Moreno","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2024.23205","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2024.23205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cite this article as: García Díaz FJ, Martin LB, Gómez Gila AL, Navarro Moreno C. Intensive calcium monitoring following parathyroidectomy: Prevention of hungry bone syndrome in children. Turk Arch Pediatr. 2024;59(1):109-111.</p>","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10837522/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140061522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gülçin Karaçoban, Anar Gurbanov, Hasan Özen, Emrah Gün, Hasan Fatih Çakmaklı, Tanıl Kendirli
{"title":"Successful Treatment with Ascorbic Acid in a Case of Methemoglobinemia Due to Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency.","authors":"Gülçin Karaçoban, Anar Gurbanov, Hasan Özen, Emrah Gün, Hasan Fatih Çakmaklı, Tanıl Kendirli","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2024.23112","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2024.23112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cite this article as: Karaçoban G, Gurbanov A, Özen H, Gün E, Çakmaklı HF, Kendirli T. Successful treatment with ascorbic acid in a case of methemoglobinemia due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Turk Arch Pediatr. 2024;59(1):112-113.</p>","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10837515/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140061524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seher Şener, Nur Banu Karaca, Kutay Kaşlı, Aykut Özçadırcı, Ezgi Deniz Batu, Özge Başaran, Yelda Bilginer, Seza Özen, Edibe Ünal
{"title":"Comparison of Biopsychosocial Characteristics of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis According to Common Disease Subtypes.","authors":"Seher Şener, Nur Banu Karaca, Kutay Kaşlı, Aykut Özçadırcı, Ezgi Deniz Batu, Özge Başaran, Yelda Bilginer, Seza Özen, Edibe Ünal","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23087","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>In this study, we assessed the functional and biopsychosocial characteristics of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients according to disease subtypes.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Child Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ), Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score-71 (JADAS-71), and Juvenile Arthritis Biopsychosocial Questionnaire (JAB-Q) scales were administered to 304 JIA patients, and the subscale of JAB-Q was administered to their families.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median age of JIA patients at diagnosis was 7.9 (5.5-13) years (female/male = 1.3). Most patients were under treatment (68.7%) and had inactive disease (69.3%). While there was no significant difference between JADAS-71 scores according to the JIA subtypes, total CHAQ scores in polyarticular JIA patients were higher than in systemic JIA patients (P = .005). Enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) patients had higher JAB-Q fatigue total scores compared to systemic JJIA patients (P = .001). Juvenile Arthritis Biopsychosocial Questionnaire-child psychosocial status scores were higher in polyarticular JIA patients than oligoarticular and systemic JIA patients (P = .004 and P = .003, respectively), and they had higher JAB-Q child form total scores than systemic JIA patients (P = .006). In addition, systemic JIA patients' parents had higher JAB-Q family total scores compared to oligoarticular JIA patients' parents (P = .03).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results suggest that polyarticular JIA patients had higher CHAQ, JAB-Q psychosocial status, and child form total scores, and the JAB-Q fatigue score was higher in ERA patients. Also, JAB-Q-parent scores were higher in systemic JIA patients' parents. Biopsychosocial characteristics should be evaluated in both JIA patients and their parents.</p>","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10724840/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41241958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fevzi Kahveci, Gülçin Karaçoban, Nur Ayça Çelik, Anar Gurbanov, Hacer Uçmak, Burak Balaban, Edin Botan, Nur Dikmen, Merve Havan, Mehmet Gökhan Ramoğlu, Zeynep Eyileten, Tayfun Uçar, Tanıl Kendirli
{"title":"Venovenous Versus Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.","authors":"Fevzi Kahveci, Gülçin Karaçoban, Nur Ayça Çelik, Anar Gurbanov, Hacer Uçmak, Burak Balaban, Edin Botan, Nur Dikmen, Merve Havan, Mehmet Gökhan Ramoğlu, Zeynep Eyileten, Tayfun Uçar, Tanıl Kendirli","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23025","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to compare the efficacy, complication, and mortality of patients who were supported by venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and venoarterial (VA) ECMO for pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This study is a single-center, retrospective cohort study between 2014 and 2022. We evaluated to indication of ECMO support, ECMO type, patients' demographic features, complications, and children's outcomes supported by ECMO for PARDS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-two patients with PARDS, 12 (54%) with VV, and 10 (46%) with VA ECMO were selected. The median number of days to be intubated before ECMO cannulation was 5 (0-16) days. The distribution of intubated days before the patients underwent ECMO was as follows: 0-1 days, 7 (31.8%) patients; 2-3 days, 2 (9.1%) patients; 4-7 days, 7 (31.8%) patients; 8-14 days, 5 (22.8%) patients; >14 days, 1 (4.5%) patient. The median ECMO cannulation day after admission to the pediatric intensive care unit was 3 (range, 1-9) days in the VV ECMO patient group, whereas it was 8 (range, 0-19) days in the VA ECMO group (P = .02). Considering hospital survival, 4 (45%) patients who underwent double-lumen VV ECMO, 1 (33%) patient who underwent VV ECMO, and 3 (30%) patients who supported by VAECMO survived. There was no difference between the groups in terms of hospital discharge rates.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The highest survival rate was found in the VV ECMO patient group established with double-lumen cannulas, similar to the literature. There was no difference in mortality between the groups whose intubation time before ECMO was 14 days or less.</p>","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10724726/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41223023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mother's Nutrition Literacy and Offspring Anemia: A Comparison Study in a Single Center.","authors":"Özlem Tezol, Sakina Mammadova","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23119","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>It is known that mother's knowledge about nutrition is associated with the prevalence of anemia in their children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of iron deficiency without anemia (ID), iron deficiency anemia (IDA), and anemia in children according to the level of mother's nutrition literacy (NL).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted in a well-child outpatient clinic. The study included healthy children aged between 24 and 59 months and their mothers. Scores of the mothers on the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Tool for Adults and children's anthropometric z-scores, dietary diversity and Mediterranean Diet Quality Index scores, and children's hemoglobin and ferritin levels were collected. Two-group comparison analysis was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ninety mother-child pairs were included. While 36 mothers (40%) had borderline and 54 (60%) mothers had adequate NL, 15 children (16.7%) had ID, 5 (5.6%) children had IDA, and a total of 18 children (20%) had nutritional anemia. The percentage of wasted children was higher in the group with borderline NL (13.9% vs. 1.9%, P = .036). The percentage of children with ID, IDA, or other nutritional anemia was not different between the borderline and adequate NL groups (30.6% vs. 40.7%, P = .326).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The frequency of ID, IDA, or other nutritional anemia in children does not differ significantly between mothers with borderline and adequate NL. Increasing NL of mothers could be a step toward reducing the burden of child undernutrition.</p>","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10724721/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71430026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early Normal Puberty and Accelerated Puberty in Girls: How Can We Avoid Unnecessary Treatment and Identify Children Who Are Likely to Benefit from Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Treatment?","authors":"Gül Yeşiltepe Mutlu, Şükrü Hatun","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23104","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10724774/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10332265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of Foreign Bodies Crossing the Gastroesophageal Junction in Children.","authors":"Ahmet Dursun, Tülin Öztaş","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23023","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common problem in children and is an important public health problem in terms of causing serious complications. This study aims to evaluate the complication management and intervention rates of FBs crossing the gastroesophageal junction.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The hospital records of all children who presented to our clinic because of ingestion of FB between August 2019 and August 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who had an FB crossing the esophagogastric junction on plain radiographs showing the entire gastrointestinal tract taken at the time of admission were included in this study. Patients who had an FB removed from the esophagus by endoscopy were excluded from this study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 127 patients included in this study, 66 (52%) were male and 61 (48%) were female, with a mean age of 4.94 ± 3.15 years (3 months-17 years), and 59% (n = 75) of the patients were under 5 years of age. The most common type of FB was a coin (47%). The first pediatric cases in the literature were a clothespin discovered in the stomach and a Meckel's diverticulum perforated by a sunflower seed shell. Management included spontaneous passing (89%), endoscopy (7%), and open surgery (4%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although FBs passing through the esophagogastric junction may be asymptomatic in most cases, the need for close monitoring and surgical intervention should be kept in mind in these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10724748/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41241959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Poverty and Discrimination: Big Enemies of Children All Over the World.","authors":"Özgür Kasapçopur","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.233110","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.233110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10724717/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71430028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition (DSM-5): The Experience of 10 Years.","authors":"Annio Posar, Paola Visconti","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23149","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23149","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10724720/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41174424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hemophilia Caregiver Burden in a Low Socioeconomic Region of Turkey.","authors":"Gizem Zengin Ersoy, Mehtap Ertekin, Gürcan Dikme","doi":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23129","DOIUrl":"10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2023.23129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to evaluate the caregiver burden of parents of hemophilia patients and related factors in the southeast region of Turkey, where access to a regular healthcare facility is more complicated than in other areas.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Twenty-six caregivers of patients with hemophilia were consecutively enrolled in this non-interventional study. Caregiver burden is measured using the \"HemophiliaAssociated Caregiver Burden Scale\" (HEMOCAB).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Hemophilia affects 65.4% of caregivers emotionally, and 92.3% feel the burden caused by financial problems related to hemophilia. The perception of the patients by caregivers was negative in the groups of low educational degree and unstable employment status (P = .037 and P = .017, respectively). The employment status and job changes influence the caregiver burden because of hemophilia (P = .034 and P = .001, respectively). The groups of those who spent greater than 5 hours for transportation to the hemophilia treatment center (HTC) had a higher burden (P = .001). Multiple linear regression analysis analyzed variables affecting HEMOCAB, frequency, and burden total scores. The model created with the burden total score was statistically significant (P = .047).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The main factors affecting caregiver burden were educational status, working conditions, and economic difficulties, as well as the length of infusion times and transfer to HTCs. There is a need to develop socioeconomic policies related to these problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":75267,"journal":{"name":"Turkish archives of pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10724745/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41223106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}